6Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.


In Context

3 The Lord listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;

5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!"

6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

7 The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

8 The Lord said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live."

Numbers 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.